A 23-year-old Ruston man is dead following a fiery crash early this morning.

According to a news release from the Louisiana State Police, Christopher Andrews was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lincoln Parish Coroner’s Office.

Lincoln Parish Fire District spokesman Jim Hilton said his office was called out to the scene around 1:20 a.m. at Louisiana Highway 33 just south of Pylant Road near Union Parish.
According to state police, their investigation revealed that while driving a 1992 Toyota Camry, Andrews was traveling south on La. 33 when, for unknown reasons, he lost control of the vehicle as he entered a curve.

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The Louisiana Tech University chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) made history recently by receiving its second consecutive National Distinguished Chapter of the Year award — the first time in the society’s history that a chapter has won consecutive National Chapter of the Year awards.

Tech’s NSBE chapter was named the 2012-13 National Distinguished Medium Chapter of the Year during the 39th Annual NSBE Convention held in Indianapolis.

Royce Watson scans through a book at the Friends of the Library Book Sale in the Lincoln Community Room Thursday. The sale continues today and resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday. For more information, call the library at 251-5030.